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Sony Threatens to Sue for PS2 Domains

Posted by michael on from the such-as-pixellatedgraphics.com dept.

pallotta writes "The privately owned Norwegian domains http://ps2.no and http://playstation2.no are threatened with legal action by Sony. They ask the owners of the sites to give up the domain names or (in a letter to the owner of ps2.no) "If we do not receive your letter of confirmation within 10 February 2001, SCEE (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe) reserves its rights to bring an action against you to recover the said domain name". Full article in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten can be found here (in English)."

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  1. IBM by SlashGeek · · Score: 3
    So when does IBM sue Sony over the "PS/2" designation? I am sick of large corperations acting like they have exclusive rights over everything. This is right on par with Apple stopping an Aqua-like interface for the open source community, after basing their most recent OS on and open source OS. Take, take, take.


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  2. 3 letter domain names by JohnnyKnoxville · · Score: 2

    I think all 3 letter top level domain names should be considered public domain. Most of the companies with 3 letter names are simply letters standing for the full name, ie: ps2, IBM, AMD. odds are pretty good that somebody would string these 3 letters together eventually anyway in an attempt to get an easy to remember URL. If anything big companies like sony should offer to buy out instead of bullying these people.

  3. What about sonypsx2.com? by rappybaby · · Score: 2

    Why have Sony never sued the owners of www.sonypsx2.com?